Before propensity weighting, "children who received prophylaxis were more likely to be obese, undergo open surgery, have an intraoperative cholangiogram performed, and have a longer duration of ...

The way we shop, do our banking, watch TV and listen to music is unrecognisable from 30 years ago – yet as a doctor, the way I do tests, treat patients and predict their outcomes is stuck in the ...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: We compared a hypertonic saline-dextran solution (7.5% NaCl/6% dextran-70) with 0.9% NaCl (normal saline) for treatment of intraoperative hypovolemia. Fourteen anesthetized ...